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List of the best South Park episodes, as voted on by other fans of the series. With so many memorable episodes of the show, it&#39;s hard to trust just one person&#39;s opinion of what the top South Park episodes of all time are. Make sure to also check <a href="/list/best-butters-episodes-of-south-park/chris-abraham">best episodes featuring Butters</a>, hilarious <a href="/list/best-randy-marsh-episodes-south-park/joe-gallois" target="_blank">episodes featuring Randy</a>,&nbsp;<a href="/list/most-controversial-south-park-episodes/daniel-kohn">most controversial South Park episodes</a>, and the <a href="/list/best-south-park-halloween-episodes/ranker-tv" target="_blank">best South Park Halloween episodes</a>.&nbsp;Fans of South Park are extremely passionate about the show, and there is often debate over which episodes are better than others. That&#39;s why this list exists - so you can vote for your favorites and we can find out once and for all what everyone thinks the best episode is, or rather the funniest South Park episodes.

What are your top 10 South Park&nbsp;episodes? Just what are the greatest South Park episodes? You can even let this serve as your South Park episode guide.

*Updated to include all episodes up to Season 22, and updated weekly to include new Season 23 episodes, including &quot;Season Finale&quot; &quot;Band in China,&quot; and more.*

If you&#39;ve seen most of the episodes below, check out other <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-south-park/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like South Park</a>.&nbsp;Vote on other <a href="/list/all-south-park-characters/ranker-tv" target="_blank">fun South Park lists </a>too, like the <a href="/list/best-south-park-songs/chris-abraham">Funniest South Park Songs</a> and <a href="/list/celebrities-mocked-and-parodied-on-south-park/chris-abraham">Celebrities Who Were Made Fun of Hardest on South Park</a>.&nbsp;The list you&#39;re viewing is made up of different episodes like &quot;Major Boobage&quot; and &quot;South Park Is Gay!&quot; What is the best South Park episode of all time? Look below and find out.

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Not enough people appreciate <a href="/review/south-park/2069106" target="_blank">South Park</a>. Your parents think it&rsquo;s nothing more than a stupid show filled&nbsp;with&nbsp;crude humor, but they&nbsp;couldn&rsquo;t be more wrong. Sure, there is no shortage of episodes that are just crass for the sake of being crass, but that does not define the show. South Park is a nuanced and complex examination of society. The <a href="/list/best-south-park-episodes/reference" target="_blank">best South Park episodes</a> are the ones that take a microscope to humanity and expose it in an accurate and visceral manner.&nbsp;

South Park&nbsp;is perhaps the most controversial show of its time.&nbsp;Controversy breeds discourse, which is something any healthy society needs.&nbsp;This list&nbsp;is an assessment of some of the best South Park satire on record. Here are the most notable&nbsp;times&nbsp;South Park nailed societal issues to a T and presented a real point. If you&#39;re looking for a similar series, check out more <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-south-park/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like South Park</a>. Vote up the best examples of when&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;spoke truth.&nbsp;

For a crudely animated cartoon about four young Colorado boys living in their small rural hometown, South Park has seen and done it all. After nearly two decades on the air, there are few topics the <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/comedy-central-tv-shows-and-programs/voteable?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Comedy Central series</a> has not broached, tackled, or skewered in some form or another. Even early on in the show&rsquo;s successful run, it was never afraid to push the envelope or too intimidated to say something others wouldn&rsquo;t. Given the ease with which creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone can turn around episodes, they continuously pull inspiration from current events and major moments in our culture - often to masterfully humorous effect.

However, within all of those controversial episodes and ridiculous jokes, a bunch did something beyond shock audiences: they were smart and made us think. Some episodes of South Park not only made us laugh, but also made us think long and hard about myriad issues that have popped up over the years. Sometimes they mocked current trends, and sometimes they even predicted future ones. More often than not, the show&#39;s assessments were right on the money. Stan and Kyle may often close out an episode by explaining what they learned, but so did the loyal audience.

Only one question remains: which episode of South Park made the best point of all?&nbsp;

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If there&#39;s one thing that <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-south-park-episodes/reference" target="_blank">South Park</a> creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone know how to do, it&#39;s rip on celebrities. Since the show&#39;s early days, they&#39;ve relied on making fun of famous people for laughs, and boy, has it worked well. No one seems to be safe from the wrath of South Park &ndash;&nbsp;musicians like Bono, Phil Collins, and Lars Ulrich have all been mocked, as well as actors like Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Rosie O&#39;Donnell, and so many more.

One of the attacks was on singer/songwriter Lorde, in the third episode of season 18 titled &quot;The Cissy.&quot; In the episode, Lorde is revealed to be none other than Randy Marsh, who reveals that the writing process includes singing on the toilet and auto-tuning it. Although Lorde took the jokes in stride, other people, like Tom Cruise, have <a href="https://www.today.com/popculture/tom-cruise-taking-south-park-wbna11882460" target="_blank">taken offense</a> to their appearances on the show.

Since 1997, South Park has delighted fans and infuriated its enemies too many times to even count. This list accounts for&nbsp;some of the most controversial moments in the show&#39;s history. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have made a living off making jokes and controversy, with no real delicate balance in between. The results are often times hysterical, but when they do decide to needle controversial figures, what happens is usually spectacular.&nbsp;

Who could forget the &quot;Trapped in the Closet&quot; episode where Parker and Stone not only managed to question Tom Cruise&#39;s sexuality and Scientology as a whole, but weaved in the R. Kelly controversy as well? The show almost got kicked off the air when it aired &quot;201,&quot; an episode that depicted the prophet Mohammad in a form that eventually got censored. The controversy managed to anger the South Park creators, who wanted the image shown, and Muslims worldwide who were furious about a potential depiction.&nbsp;

Despite how you may&nbsp;feel about the show, South Park evokes strong opinions. Some think these <a href="/list/best-south-park-episodes/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword" target="_blank">South Park episodes</a> should be banned from television, while others love the take on controversial subject matter. There&#39;s no other series quite like it, but you can check out more <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-south-park/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like South Park</a>. Vote up the most offensive South Park episodes on this list.&nbsp;

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With so many funny South Park characters, it&#39;s tough to say who the greatest really is without everybody weighing in on the discussion. Vote for your favorite South Park characters and help make this list the ultimate resource for longtime fans and newcomers alike. The list of South Park characters draws from the array of personalities who have appeared on various seasons of the show, along with the names of the actors who played them.&nbsp;

Among high-ranking names on the list are characters&nbsp;like Eric Cartman and Butters Stotch, as well as fan-favorites like Towelie,&nbsp;&nbsp;Randy, and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-goth-kids-episodes-south-park/mike-bedard?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the Goth Kids</a>. That said, one of the more popular up-and-coming&nbsp;South Park characters is PC Principal, a frat boy-ish white man with a love for social justice and PC culture. You can click each image for a larger picture, and in some cases you can click the character&#39;s name for a more detailed description. If you&#39;re looking to laugh at similar characters, check out other <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-south-park/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like&nbsp;South Park</a>.

Wondering who all the funniest South Park? Scroll down to see&nbsp;all the top&nbsp;South Park characters readers have voted up, and if your favorite character is&nbsp;missing, add them below.

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Which celebrity do you want to see made fun of by Trey and Matt on South Park? The show&nbsp;does a truly incredible job of including any and every celebrity, public figure, politician, and Internet star begging to be ruthlessly mocked. Rarely is it a good time for the famous person, but once Trey Parker and Matt Stone decide someone needs to be made fun of, there's really no stopping them.Every year more and more new people make choices that put them in Parker and Stone's crosshairs, we've decided to help the process along by choosing some folk we feel are in need of the South Park treatment. They might be a politician who has done an impressive job of making themselves look awful, or a news personality that's done the same. They might be a hedge fund manager who has gone out of his way to profit exponentially at the blatant cost of lives. Or maybe it's some clerk who refused to let two people get married. Or maybe it's just a movie star who is really, really annoying. These are the people worthy of the hilarious scorn that South Park unleashes onto the public weekly. Vote up the celebrities, public figures, politicians, news anchors and other people that you most want South Park to make fun of. And if we missed any especially mockable people, add them to the wish list.

Here are the best South Park Halloween episodes, including new episodes from the latest season. Whether you're looking for the one where&nbsp;Cartman and the boys dress up as the Avengers in &quot;A Nightmare on Face Time&quot; or when Ike gets possessed by Michael Jackson in &quot;Dead Celebrities,&quot; this list of South Park Halloween episodes also includes popular fan favorites, like &quot;Pinkeye,&quot; &quot;Spookyfish,&quot; and &quot;Sons a Witches.&quot; What is your favorite Halloween episode from South Park?&nbsp;Vote up the best South Park Halloween specials, and see where they rank among the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-south-park-episodes/reference" target="_blank">funniest South Park episodes of all time</a>.

A show as crazy as South Park is bound to generate more than a few crazy fan theories. The show has touched on seemingly every major event for the last twenty years, and stirred up controversy every step of the way. It has also created its own vast, strange mythology, giving fans plenty of raw materials giving fans plenty of raw materials to make outlandish yet believable theories.Some of the South Park fan theories make a lot of sense while others are more fun than anything else. We'll probably never know for certain whether any of these fan theories about South Park are actually true, but one thing is for certain: no one and nothing is safe from the show's satirical t-shirt cannon. From Jesus to Saddam Hussein, the show has made fun of just about everyone. One of the best parts about South Park conspiracy theories is just how off the wall some of them can be. But because the show is equally crazy, no theory is entirely out of the realm of possibility. Check out this list of some of the best South Park theories and vote up the ones you think make the most sense.

AWESOM-O

If you're a fan of South Park, you already know that some of the best episodes feature the loveable Butters Stotch. For this list we're ranking all the Butters episodes of South Park, and we want you to vote for your favorites. Starting as a background character, Butters had his first speaking role in the episode&nbsp;&quot;Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub&quot; from season 3, and even starred in his own episode at the end of season 5 that would cement him as an important regular character. Many of these episodes involve Butters and Cartman getting together for some kind of scheme or adventure, usually ending with Cartman tricking Butters and taking advantage of him.Vote for the best episodes of South Park starring Butters, and downvote any episodes you didn't enjoy.&nbsp;

Here are the best&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;Christmas episodes, including new episodes from the latest season. Whether you&#39;re looking for the one <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/full-cast-of-where-the-boys-are-actors-and-actresses/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">where the boys</a> go to Iraq to save Santa in &quot;Red Sleigh Down&quot; or when Kyle and his friends go to Canada&nbsp;to rescue Ike in &quot;It&#39;s Christmas in Canada,&quot; this list of&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-hanukkah-episodes/erin-cody" target="_blank">holiday episodes</a> also includes popular fan favorites, like &quot;Woodland Critter Christmas,&quot; &quot;Mr, Hankey the Christmas Poo,&quot; and &quot;#HappyHolograms.&quot; What is your favorite Christmas episode from&nbsp;South Park?&nbsp;

Vote up the best&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;Christmas specials, and see where they rank among the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-south-park-episodes/reference" target="_blank">funniest&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;episodes of all time</a>.

We all have a friend like&nbsp;South Park&#39;s Eric Cartman. You know, that person who&#39;s loud, obnoxious, <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/worst-things-cartman-has-done/maggie-clancy" target="_blank">low-key evil</a>, that we wish would go away, and yet we always seem to hang out with them anyway? It&#39;s a pretty toxic relationship, and yet, in the case of the real Cartman, sometimes this mess of an individual is funny enough to keep around. We know we deserve better but darned if the Cartmans (Cartmen?)&nbsp;in our lives don&#39;t provide us with some of the <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/cartman-south-park-evil-schemes/conner-schwerdtfeger" target="_blank">most excitement, joy, and drama</a>&nbsp;that we get in a week.

In the case of&nbsp;South Park, the long-running Comedy Central show has always been at its very best when it throws us a Cartman-centric episode. Though every single&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;episode has had a golden Cartman moment or ten, there&#39;s nothing like an episode focused solely on Cartman to make us remember why we fell in love with the controversial cartoon all those years ago. The <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-butters-episodes-of-south-park/chris-abraham?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">best Cartman episodes</a> are crude, iconic, vulgar, disgusting, and have been known to spark global outrage.&nbsp;

So let&#39;s honor South Park&#39;s&nbsp;least finest by respecting his authoriteh and ranking the best&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;episodes with Cartman.

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Life is imitating cartoon art, and South Park lookalikes have been spotted out in the real world. People who look like South Park characters are everywhere, and if you don't believe it, there's photographic evidence to prove that a whole bunch crudely animated denizens have escaped the podunk mountain town to join us in the realm of the physical.<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/celebrities-mocked-and-parodied-on-south-park/chris-abraham">South Park has mock celebrities and public figures,</a> but these aren't famous people who've been recreated in animation. These pictures reveal actual humans - or, in some cases, physical objects - that closely resemble Cartman, Kenny, <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-butters-episodes-of-south-park/chris-abraham?var=3&amp;utm_expid=16418821-248.s3Qj9REsSuWZ6BH5rpLFCQ.2&amp;ref=collections&amp;pos=5&amp;ltype=l&amp;l=1872243&amp;g=1&amp;collectionId=906&amp;utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ranker.com%2Flist%2Fcelebrities-mocked-and-parodied-on-south-park%2Fchris-abraham">Butters</a>, and plenty of others.These South Park doppelgangers are living proof that South Park is everywhere. Explore this list of people who look like South Park characters in real life and vote up the super sweetest ones.

Since the very first episode of the show, South Park has been entertaining us with hilarious and often inappropriate songs that make us laugh and want to sing along. The songs that Matt and Trey write for South Park aren&#39;t just funny; they&#39;re most often well crafted and catchy as well. Their 1999 movie South Park Bigger, Longer and Uncut is essentially a musical, but on this list, we&#39;re focusing only on songs from the show. If you&#39;re looking for similar series, check out more <a href="/list/what-to-watch-if-you-love-south-park/watchworthy" target="_blank">shows like&nbsp;South Park</a>.

Featuring classics like the Kanye West song &quot;Gay Fish,&quot; the anime theme &quot;Let&#39;s Fighting Love,&quot; and the boy&#39;s pop song &quot;Fingerbang,&quot; it&#39;s definitely not easy to pick <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/funny-songs-about-people/ranker-music?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the funniest song</a> from South Park.&nbsp;With all these funny songs from the show, is it any surprise that The Book of Mormon is such a popular musical? Vote for your favorite songs from South Park, and feel free to add ones if you think they deserve to be on this list.

South Park vs. The Simpsons, a debate that has raged since the former hit the air and shocked TV audiences in 1997. <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/the-simpsons-fan-theories/lisa-waugh" target="_blank">The Simpsons was an innovative</a>, hilarious show that paved the way for series like South Park and Family Guy. However, The Simpsons came on the air in December 1989, the month Ice Cube left NWA,&nbsp;when George HW Bush was president.&nbsp;The show's best years are behind it. South Park, on the other hand, continues to stay fresh, entertaining&nbsp;and even stunning audiences more than two decades after its debut. If it's true South Park is more relevant than The Simpsons, the next question is, relevant to what, and why?Regarding relevance, the context here is social and political. The Simpsons is, by design, a show that largely stays away from addressing real political events or social movements as a means of creating an abstract and allegorical parallel world, in which the human condition can be lampooned in an absurd, but also grounded and emotionally complex, way. The show is an existential satire of society and history. South Park is a beast of a very different nature.&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have&nbsp;written, produced, and voiced each episode of the show. Their goal is&nbsp;to&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/times-south-park-made-a-good-point/zack-howe" target="_blank">keep&nbsp;material&nbsp;as irreverent and fresh as possible</a>&nbsp;by maintaining the voice and vision conceived of at the idea's inception. Stone and Parker are willing to attack&nbsp;any celebrity, cause, group, and religious institution. The show's animation may be crude (for years, it was made with paper cutouts), but because&nbsp;episodes of South Park only take&nbsp;six days to produce, Stone and Parker can comment on current events and&nbsp;trending pop culture news.It may seem blasphemous to create a list of&nbsp;reasons why South Park is better than The Simpsons (assuming your metric for &quot;better&quot; is based solely on political and pop cultural relevance), but the animation war is real. Vote up all the reasons why you believe South Park is more culturally relevant than The Simpsons.

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Let&#39;s take a look at the&nbsp;best Butters Stotch&nbsp;quotes of all time. Butters is different from the other kids of South Park. Not only&nbsp;is he preciously&nbsp;innocent, he believes anything you tell him. Butters seems to be afraid to try anything the other kids suggest&nbsp;because it may result in his biggest fear:&nbsp;being grounded by his parents.&nbsp;

The first line almost everyone can remember is Butters&#39; classic catchphrase, &quot;Oh Hamburgers!&quot; Butters gets his hands on Wendys new breasts and doesn&#39;t seem to be a big fan, &quot;Eew! They&#39;re all hard and oogy!&quot; Sometimes&nbsp;Butters can show a different side of&nbsp;himself, like when he becomes the pimp of the school playground,&nbsp; &quot;You were made for the playground, b*tch&quot;.

Help us rank the funniest Butters quotes from South Park by voting up your favorites on the list!

South Park has introduced a vast array of hilarious characters and storylines since its inception in 1997. From the endlessly incompetent Randy Marsh, to the lovably gullible Butters Stotch, the citizens of South Park, Colorado possess a variety of character traits that span the entire length of the emotional and moral spectrum. Of the numerous characters to pass through town in the nearly two decades since the show began, no character has developed a reputation for evil and mayhem quite as much as the fat little bastard, Eric Cartman. Granted, Cartman has had a hard life - considering his absent father and his mother’s reputation as the loose woman of the town - but that’s little excuse for any of the things he has done in his short amount of time on Earth. Over the years, Cartman's schemes have ranged from minor get-rich-quick scams to flat-out attempts at widespread genocide, and as a result, he has gone on to become one of – if not the – most popular characters on&nbsp;South Park. Let's take a look back at some of the most evil plans ever cooked up by Cartman (both successful and unsuccessful) and see which one stands out as the worst scheme of them all. Vote up Cartman's most evil scheme below, and be sure to let us know what you think in the comment section.&nbsp;

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Even geniuses have their off days, and while South Park&nbsp;is pretty&nbsp;amazing most of the time, there are several South Park episodes that suck. But which ones are really the worst? After all, one fan’s &quot;Jakovasaurs&quot; is another another's &quot;ManBearPig.&quot;&nbsp;Sometimes jokes that were edgy or offensive in their time lose their edge or just come off as plain-old homophobic and offensive (rather than South Park&nbsp;offensive). Some of the early seasons fall into this trap as the show's writers hadn't quite found the gold mine of satire that would define the show in later seasons. Creator Trey Parker would like to see the first three seasons disappear altogether. His partner Matt Stone feels differently. He looks back on the early days with nostalgia and fondness.&nbsp;Here are a few episodes to ponder and rate. Which South Park episode sucks the most? Vote up your least favorite to share your opinion on the crappiest South Park episodes.&nbsp;

Fans of South Park know Trey Parker and Matt Stone are equal opportunity offenders who parody the spectrum of religious beliefs, lampooning everything from atheism to zealous&nbsp;Christianity. South Park&nbsp;devotees live for all those cringe-worthy moments that give the show its reputation for exploring difficult topics without hesitation. Here, you'll find a fan ranking of all the&nbsp;South Park&nbsp;episodes that touch on religion.&nbsp;Televangelists, missionaries, and <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/christian-rock-bands-and-musicians/reference?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">Christian rock bands</a> face their fair share of scrutiny on South Park,&nbsp;but a lack of faith will not protect you from Parker and Stone's scorn.&nbsp;“Go God Go,” which is set in the year 2546,&nbsp;features a petty, drawn-out&nbsp;war between the atheists. These kinds of episodes have been met with equal parts praise and condemnation.&nbsp;&quot;Trapped in the Closet,” the Scientology episode, was so controversial it caused a voice actor to walk off the show. South Park has never shied away from being controversial as&nbsp;the creators have always been willing to embroil themselves in scandal for the sake of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/times-south-park-made-a-good-point/zack-howe" target="_blank">making a point</a>.&nbsp;What are the best South Park religion episodes? Make your voice heard and vote up the funniest, smartest takes on religion below!&nbsp;

TV Trivia

Since it debuted in 1997, South Park has made it way too fun to be an adult television fan. Far from your typical Saturday morning cartoons, the long-running Comedy Central animated series is dark, crude, and keeps us "grown ups" laughing. Not just one of <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/the-greatest-animated-series-ever-made?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">the best animated series</a> of all time, South Park is also one of the best TV shows in general, and is known for its topical humor - but do you know what goes on behind the scenes?Let's start with the characters of South Park. Kenny, Kyle, Stan, and Eric lead the way for a, shall we say, "unique" group, many of which are based on real people (and even family members!) South Park co-creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker know. In addition to the usual quirks of the show and its take on modern day events, there are certain staples that appear in almost every episode. Have you ever spotted an alien or a celebrity on South Park? How many times has Kenny died (that poor guy)? Did you know South Park is in the Guinness Book of World Records for... well, we'll let you read on and find out.Here are 27 interesting trivia facts and South Park Easter eggs for&nbsp;your enjoyment. Also check out this list of the <a href="http://www.ranker.com/list/best-south-park-episodes/reference">best South Park episodes</a>, ranked by fans.

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It&#39;s time to decide which of these is the best Mr. Garrison quote of all time.&nbsp;Until he became the president of the United States, Mr. Garrison was the boys&#39; fourth-grade teacher. Along with Mr. Hat, Garrison would impart important teachings about television shows and relationships. There have been plenty of funny Mr. Garrison quotes over the years, and now, you get to decide which one has earned an A+.&nbsp;

The best Mr. Garrison quotes of all time have been collected here. Even if you believe with every fiber in your being a certain quote could never make it to the top, you should never underestimate the power of voting. Vote up the Mr. Garrison quotes you think are hilarious.

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